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		tptacek on Dec 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful websi... It is not obligated to do that.

MichaelGG on Jan 1, 2014 [–]

So what is "becomes aware of a link"? How is that different than the copyright holder sending a notice? Because without the copyright holder (and even courts) it's not very clear.

tptacek on Jan 1, 2014 | [–]

ANYBODY could make them aware, not just the rightsholder. That's what happened with Mega: users complained about the quality of Dexter videos.

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